The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17
PERSONAL AND ,MPERsoNAL.

OF Charles Wesley's great-grand-
sons three are members of the clergy
of the Church Ct England
The estate of the late Francis A.
Drexel, of Philadelphia, will loot up at
least S15, OO0,0 900, or about 100000
more than was expected
Among the negroes of Norfolk,
Va, there has been organized a society
the euphonious title of which is The
Union State Grand Tabernacle of the
Imperial Order of Galilean Fisher
men," zs-.5. es..4--
Sarah McDaniels, a colored woman
living on Mr.. Fshs place, one mile
from Tallahassee, Fla, has given birth
to forty-two children, and is now a ro-
bust, healthy-looking woman.-Los1ss-
pille Courier-Jos.rnal.
A New York doctor, who died PEN
niless recently, was married three
times, and each wife brought him a
fortune of between 800, 600 and $780,
900. He cetainly was a success as
circulating medium.-N. Y. Tribune.
"A Sparta (Ga.) boy fifteen years
old has made a small stationary engine,
the cylinder of which is five inches long
and two and one-half inches in diam
eter. 1t furnishes power sufficient to
run observation-disclosures Con-
stttution.
A novel sentence was that pro-
nounced by Judge Church, of Mead
Vile, Pa, on two young chaps con-
victed of riot: go to hear Francis
Murphy, sign the pledge, keep sober.
be industrious, and sentence will be
suspended if this order is obeyed- y
Pittsburgh Post.
in the county of Lanark, in Onta-
rio, are eight brothers, Coade by name.
who measure in their socks 81 feet 4
inches, and weigh 1,72O pounds, or an
average of 215 pounds each. The tall
est is feet inches, and the shortest is
| 6 feet 4 inches. The heaviest weighs
277 pounds and the 1ightest 100
| Montreal Witness.
| Peter Wedermier and Josephine
| Amann, young German couple of
! Buffalo. n. Y, filed with the court
| clerk in that city the other day an ante
nuptial agreement by which, after mar
riage, each is to control his or her
property just as before, and dispose OF
it as though no marriage bond united
them Both are wealthy.
John B. Cough was never ostenta-
tious in his gifts, but his private chart
ties were almost innumerable. For
| years he has supported the widow and
family of his friend Stratton, of Wor-
cester, who induced him to take the
pledge and who encouraged him tc
! keep it, and he has educated and sup.
ported many of his relatives.-Boston
Herald.
Charles Stewart Parnell is a Inca.
descendant, in the fifteenth generation
of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
famous in history as the ''Kingmaker. ,
Earl Spencer and the Marquis of Hart
ington are blood cousins-Parnell an6
Spencer being descendants in the
seventh and Harrington in the eight
generation of John Mordaunt, Viscoun
Avalon.-C Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. c. E. Henry, of Geauga Lake
that Garfield and Hancock were on tn.
most friendly terms, and that Adjutan
General Whipple was promoted BY
President Garfield because he wished
to show his friendship for Genera
Hancock. The General was writing
letter to the President when the new
of his assassination reached Governor
Island.
james Gross, the sexton of the Eas
Brandywine Baptist Church, of Potts
town, Pa, was an old man. The othe
evening he and his aged wife, who i
totally blind, sat quietly by thei
kitchen stove, as was their won't Thei
son joined them, and talked with hi
mother in undertones, for they though
that the old man was doing; bu
when bedtime came the old man sa
motionless in his chair. He was dead
and had died as he sat by the fire witt
his wife before his son came in.-Phal0
| f2eL1hin Press